Jury selection to begin in child sex case

Trial to start for lawyer charged with exploiting 14-year-old to produce child pornography

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin in the case of a New Hampshire lawyer charged with exploiting a 14-year-old girl to produce child pornography.

Federal prosecutors say 43-year-old Lisa Biron of Manchester took the girl to Canada in May 2012 to engage in sexual conduct to produce child pornography.

Last week prosecutors added an eighth felony charge against Biron, saying she videotaped her and the child engaging in sexually-explicit conduct.

Biron has pleaded not guilty to the charges. She has been held without bond since her arrest in November.

Biron was ordered last week to have no contact with the victim, after U.S. Attorney John Kacavas argued in court that Biron — in phone conversations from jail — was pressuring the child about what to say and not say.